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Sky’s picked up the Rupert Murdoch-inspired media empire drama series Succession but isn’t interested in The Fourth Estate, a new Showtime documentary series about the New York Times. Like Circus, a Showtime documentary series about US politics, The Fourth Estate falls through the cracks of the content Sky seeks for its channels. It could play on […]

Lightbox highlights in December include the season five double-episode premiere of Vikings (which it will stream exclusively), Scandi-noir newcomer Aber Bergen and the first comedy Seth Rogen’s produced for TV. The 13-episode Future Man is a humorous sci-fi homage that went live earlier this month on Hulu. It stars Josh Hutcherson as a janitor by day and a […]

  Patriots Day, a dramatisation of the Boston Marathon bombing, earns a 4K-UHD release, as do re-issues of The Mummy Returns and The Mummy – Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor, while Oscar favourites Fences and Hidden Figures are Blu-ray only. And exclusive to Australasia is a remastered version of Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, which is ironic given the 2014 update never landed here […]

   It’s a happy Easter for fans of Disney’s Pacific Islands hit Moana, which lands here on 2D and 3D Blu-ray, but Kiwis miss out on the 4K-UHD versions of Passengers and Why Him?. “Moana‘s 1080p transfer is flat-out gorgeous, maybe one of the most vibrant the format has seen,” Blu-ray.com said. “Colours are resplendent. Blue waters […]